2nd Doctor Who Pleaded Guilty in Matthew Perry Death Case Sentenced

The second of two medical doctors who pleaded responsible in reference to Matthew Perry‘s loss of life was sentenced Tuesday … and the decide gave Dr. Mark Chavez a reasonably mild sentence.

United States District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett sentenced Chavez to eight months’ dwelling confinement and ordered him to finish 300 hours of neighborhood service.

In October 2024, Chavez pleaded responsible to at least one rely of conspiracy to distribute ketamine. He shortly lower a cope with the feds after a slew of arrests had been made in reference to Perry’s loss of life. Chavez admitted to promoting ketamine to Dr. Salvador Plasencia, which was then bought to Perry weeks earlier than the actor’s deadly overdose.

Prosecutors stated Chavez obtained the ketamine fraudulently by submitting a prescription within the identify of a affected person with out the affected person’s information or consent.

Earlier this month, Plasencia was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison after pleading responsible to 4 counts of distributing ketamine.

In a textual content dialogue over how a lot to cost Perry for the medication, Plasencia wrote to Chavez, “I wonder how much this moron will pay.”

The textual content was highlighted in a sufferer affect letter written to the decide by Perry’s stepfather, Keith Morrison.

He wrote, “This doctor conspired to break his most important vows, repeatedly, sneaked through the night to meet his victim in secret. For what, a few thousand dollars? So he could feed on the vulnerability of our son…and crow, as he did so, with that revealing question: ‘I wonder how much this moron will pay. Let’s find out.'”

As you recognize … Perry overdosed on ketamine and drowned in his scorching tub again in 2023.